The new team, with No. 81, will be called Randy Moss Motorsports. Moss hopes to debut his team at Kentucky Speedway on July 19.

A formal announcement is expected today at Daytona Inter-national Speedway. Moss expects to introduce his new driver then, too.

"The companies I already work with now have a chance to get some exposure to another group of dedicated sports fans," Moss said.

"And we'll have a chance to do some pretty cool things between the football side and the racing side. That's part of the equation that most of the other teams don't have, so we already have a competitive advantage over them. Once we get everything in place, we look forward to competing on the racetrack."

JUST TESTING: NASCAR may lift restrictions on testing next year. Teams currently are limited to NASCAR-sanctioned tests at Sprint Cup tracks. They are allowed to test at non-Sprint Cup raceways.

Car owners, however, don't seem to like the idea. Richard Childress said it would increase operating costs by more than $1 million a team.

Series competition director John Darby told the teams there were several options under consideration for the future, including the elimination of all testing.

PIT STOPS : Aric Almirola will drive the No. 8 Chevrolet at Dale Earnhardt Inc. on a full-time basis in 2009. The team decided Almirola's development was being delayed by Mark Martin's part-time schedule... By leading 132 laps at New Hampshire last week Tony Stewart became the 13th driver in NASCAR history to lead more than 10,000 laps in his career.